Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Cable Tutorial

you're welcome Amanda...sorry about the crappy pictures.

Example is a 6 stitch front twist cable, twisted every 4th row. Do not attempt cables until you are comfortable with ribbing.

Step 1)work in p6,k6 rib for 4 rows. (remember that for ribbing you knit on the Right Side and purl on the Wrong Side, so row 2 will be k6, p6, k6)Your purl st will be your background and your knit stitches are your cables.

(picture swatch shows only one cable, and not all 6 purl stitches on either side)

5 comments:

sarah, you are incredible and the freaking best!one question...(I'm writing this tutorial down in my book for tomorrow so I can practice) but one thing I might have been confused on is..after I do the twist in step 4, do i do the twist again in step 5? or do I do the p6,k6,p6? you have the ultimate patience with me my dear!xoamanda

if you want..comment to me or message me with the answer...I leave for work at 9 tomorrow, but I'll check the computer :D

Perfect instructions with the pictures and words! I am making a reversible cable scarf from www.lionbrand.com, and I didn't have a clue about "3/3 RC" in the instructions (having never before knitted a cable). It came out perfect both times (two repeats of the eight-row pattern). Thanks a gazillion!

Hi! I'm staff writer at the Lime & Violet Daily Chum blog (at http://www.limenviolet.com/blog/ ), and I recently came across your cable knitting tutorial. I'd really like to feature it on the blog, as we try to get the most knowledge to the most people in the most sassy way ;) Do you mind if I do? I'd need one of the pictures on your blog post to lure people over to read the whole tutorial. Please feel free to say no if that's not okay with you (but doesn't everybody love their 15 minutes of fame?).

please email me back at peachy AT limenviolet DOT com if you're interested!

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